WWE Smackdown rating: Final numbers for the October 4 edition of Smackdown

Friday's WWE Smackdown scored a 1.83 rating, down from last week's 1.89 rating. The show averaged 2.513 million viewers, down from last week's 2.631 million viewers.

Powell's POV: The MLB playoffs appear to have taken a bite out of WWE's rating and viewership. As previously noted, the MBL game drew 4.136 million viewers for an early game on TBS and then 3.560 million viewers for a portion of a late game that aired during prime time.